Hannia,
Thanks for your words of caution. Finding a slew of relatives that might not be such at all has crossed my mind as is, and I am not looking to make new friends in the Ukraine. I have enough of those. Having spent several years working in Romania though, I can understand the concept of hardship and I am sympathetic. People in rural areas endure particular hardships. I will go with LDS first when I have a chance to get to a family center. I am more interested in going back as far as possible in time to discover my roots. If, along the way, I can find some genuine relatives, then that will be an added bonus. Do you have any recommendations how I could go about researching the actual root of the name Beszlej? I have tried the Internet, but as it isn't an Anglo name I am not having much success.
I have another question about finding my great-great uncle on my great-grandmother's side, so I will will post that in a separate thread. Thanks again!
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